Jury Being Seated for Owatonna Murder Trial

Court officials in Steele County say they expect to schedule opening statements early next week in the trial of 27-year-old Cyrus Trevino. He is facing first and second-degree murder charges stemming from the drug-related, execution-style shooting of Richard Jurgenson in July of last year.

The criminal complaint alleges Trevino and another man took the 22-year-old Medford man to a remote spot along a rural Owatonna road, where Trevino killed him because he mistakenly believed the victim was a drug informant.

The second defendant in the case, 38-year-old Gerald Blevins of Bemidji, is accused of helping to lure Jurgenson to the site of his execution. Blevins is currently scheduled to stand trial on first and second-degree murder charges in late January.